The incidents of alleged sexual assaults and hazing that have damaged the reputation of Boston University this year has prompted the university to establish a specific center to address the behavior of some students at the school.

In making the announcement Monday, President Robert Brown directly pointed to a culture of inappropriate sexual behavior and drinking at the school.

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"I am also asking for your ongoing assistance with the separate but essential issue of our collective attitudes toward one another, and the kinds of choices we all make in our personal behavior," Brown wrote in a letter to students and faculty.

Two Boston University hockey players were charged with sexual assault during the current academic year.

Two incidents of fraternity and sorority hazing have also been reported, including one where five students were found in an off-campus apartment, wearing only underwear, bound at the wrists with duct tape, and covered with flour, honey, hot sauce and other condiments.

"We are committed to working to ensure that our academic community is one in which uncivil, violent, or abusive treatment of others is not tolerated," Brown wrote.